Originally Posted by
Toddnel
Very true but this was a major oops for the negotiating committee as these are 24 widebodies worth of new positions while the 747s were already fully staffed. In order to protect maybe 10-15 positions on the 747 that might have gone to exCAL guys they gave up the ability to bid on hundreds of widebody slots. Don't get me wrong, I have no heartache about the fences.
10-15 positions? Not even close. Just one of the bids had 40 747 bids by itself.
Also, the UAL merger committee didn't ask to be fenced off the scabliner. They asked for domicile fences for those two airplanes, and the CAL MC asked for the scabliner to be fenced regardless of pilot domicile because they were interested in protecting their scabs, which worked.
So the CAL guys get to keep their scabs to themselves and the UAL guys don't have to fly with them right away.
I'd say that's actually a better deal for the UAL pilots.